Learn Simple Salsa Dance Moves - Hammerlock Flip

Hi , this is the addictive to salsa dot com , salsa dance lesson series .

My name is Anthony and today we're gonna teach you another advanced combination , you know , with uh some nice uh styling .

So uh getting started , we come here open position .

Uh and then we just uh we're gonna do a crossbar lead , basic crossbar lead uh with , you know , going kind of into the outside , half a turn .

Ok .

So from here we do 1 to 3 with my right 567 and one .

Now we just end up uh with our uh hands crossed .

Ok .

From here , what I want to do , I want to basically create kind of this nice lock effect kind of bring this hand up , let let my left hand go so I can pick it up on the bottom and swing the lady's hand so that it flicks and locks again .

Ok .

So we can actually pick it up .

Now , one thing with uh with these flicks is that you not only have to remember about flicking this uh hand or using this hand to actually do the flick you should also think about using , for example , in this case , the left hand to actually cross it over and make that flick uh uh a little bit better uh uh for the follower .

So they know what's actually happening .

What may happen sometimes at the club when you're doing this flake or any other flake is some guys will just , you know , think about , OK , I need to flick this hand , I'll just flick it .

And then what you realize is that that hand is never going to actually come here to do this cross .

OK .

So what you want to do is you want to think of not just flicking this hand but also kind of doing this scissor effect where you cross both hands .

Unlike Ghostbusters , you do want to cross the streams and from here pal is terrible .

Don't , don't even get me started .

You , you went across the hands and then , uh you're ready for the next move .

OK .

So if for some reason you dance with a partner who has like a lot of resistance in their hands , you know that if you flick it , they'll like kind of stop it halfway .

What you might want to do is then forget about trying to create this nice big circle just to , for , for selling purposes and just come here and just put the hand there and pick it up on the other side .

OK .

So with all that sermon said , uh , here we go .

We do 123567123 OK .

From here , we're gonna teach you the easy version first , which is , we're gonna continue on our basic step 567 .

I'm gonna do a crossbar lead uh with an outside turn , releasing everything into a hammerlock .

Ok .

So it looks like this 1 to 3 .

Now , don't worry about my feet .

Uh Look at my hands first .

Uh as the lady is turning on 567 , I am coming uh finishing here on this uh Hemlock position .

OK .

So now we will do it uh from um this position .

Uh we do this .

Oops , oops , oops , oops .

Sometimes you forget what flicks uh happened .

OK .

Here we go .

That's what it was .

Uh from here we go , 123567 and you finish here on one basically , right ?

As you finish here on one and you're bringing this hand down , bring it with a little bit extra momentum so that you can let it , let , let it go on your arm and then pick it up again down here .

And that's very important for the next part of the move .

Now , for ladies , if you're dancing with a guy that does a lot of flakes or in this case for this pattern , as you're dancing with him , you got to , you know , pay attention to the hands and where he's looking because where he's looking is going to indicate you what the lead is .

Sometimes , you know , you won't get enough of a strong lead as for example , a hand drop , you know , unless you're actually realizing that he's looking at his hands .

So you realize that that's what he's going to be asking for .

OK .

So always pay attention when you're dancing with guys that do a lot of hand flakes .

OK ?

So from here we picked this hand up again and we were doing basically 1 to 3 as the ladies come forward to do five , we do kind of like if it was a copa but uh I'm gonna extend this hand out and then have the lady turn around so I extend it out and then turn it around so that they're facing back in this direction .

Ok .

So doing it uh you know , altogether again from this location , we do 123567123 .

Sorry , this is on three .

We do back on 5671 and then just do a free spin , you know , 23567 .

Ok .

So let's try it again from the beginning .

Very simple .

Here we go 123567123567123567123 567123567 .

And you're done .

Ok .

Now to do it on two .

Ok .

So let's actually start this way .

So you guys can see uh more of the more more of the pattern .

Uh So here we go , we do 123567123567123567123567123 67 .

Of course , 67 , but you can do whatever you want .